Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's trusted expert in fitting a gate operator to a leaf you already own, specializing in reversal testing, retrofit hinge checks, and brushless arms with monitored photo eyes. We offer operator retrofits onto swing gates in Georgetown and Leander that already hang true.
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Our team provides a leaf and hinge check in Cedar Park before any motor goes on, delivering an old gate that reverses on contact for residential and commercial properties. One arm on a 12 ft swing pair and full estate entries with matched operators both sit among over 1,187 projects in 12 years in business, each under our 2-year workmanship warranty.
From the hinge check on a sagging leaf in Cedar Park to the final reversal test in Shady Hollow, our team handles every detail. Serving Leander, Lakeway, Georgetown and Round Rock, we fit the operator to the gate you already own.
Request a free estimate, and we will test your leaf on its hinges and look at your old opener before we quote a new one.
The short version
Kendra, home off US 79, Round Rock
An older opener had no working eyes, and a child's bike had been struck once in the drive.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Kendra's home off US 79 in Round Rock had an older opener with no working eyes, and a child's bike had been struck by one leaf of the 12 ft swing pair. We fit a brushless arm with monitored photo eyes on both sides. The retrofit came to an estimated $2,000 to $3,300 and took an estimated 4 to 8 hours on site. Every test on the finished US 79 gate now reverses on contact.
If the leaf drags on the Brushy Creek side of a La Frontera drive, we say so before we sell you a motor, since a worn hinge makes any arm work harder.
| Existing gate | Best path | A job like it |
|---|---|---|
| Straight leaf on sound hinges | Operator retrofit on the gate you own | Kendra off US 79 in Round Rock |
| Sagging or racked leaf | New hinges first, then the operator | An Old Town swing gate with a dragging bottom rail |
| Worn gate past repair | A new gate with its operator | A single swing driveway gate with operator in Lakeway |
Plan on an estimated $1,800 to $3,800 per operator system, with the weight of your leaf, the state of its hinges and the safety devices it needs moving the price most. Kendra's retrofit in Round Rock landed inside that range, while a dual swing estate gate with operators in Barton Creek runs an estimated $4,000 to $8,000 for the pair.
One leaf, one operator, photo eyes and remotes, best on a driveway with room for the leaf to clear.
Two matched leaves on heavy posts or columns, two operators, safety devices and a stop.
A leaf on a poured track, for a short drive or a level opening with no room to swing.
A counterbalanced leaf on carriages with nothing in the opening, for slopes and busy commercial lanes.
New motor, photo eyes and remotes on a manual or worn automatic gate that is still sound.
An entry device and its wiring added to a working gate, from one keypad to a full video setup.
Tubular steel panels 4 to 6 ft tall, galvanized and powder coated, set on poured posts.
Solid bar and forged parts built to a drawing, for a front line that has to carry the house.
Aluminum panels with tight pickets, plus a self-closing, self-latching gate quoted on top.
A manual walk gate matched to the fence or the driveway leaves, with a latch set at your hand height.
Ornamental steel or wrought iron fitted to the stair or slab, with balusters spaced to our 3.5 to 3.875 in spec.
Steel or iron treads on a center column, from a stock kit to a site-measured build.
A steel or iron door with glass and thermal breaks, hung on hinges or a pivot once the frame is set.
Scheduled visits for commercial and association gates: lube, force test, sensors and a written log.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
| Job type | Est. investment | Est. duration on site |
|---|---|---|
| Operator retrofit on an existing gate | Est. $1,800 to $3,800 per operator system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Single swing driveway gate with operator | Est. $2,500 to $5,000 per complete system | Est. 1 to 2 days |
| Dual swing estate gate with operators | Est. $4,000 to $8,000 per complete system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
A sagging leaf can change these estimates, because new hinges come first. Once we test yours, the written quote carries the price and the schedule.
A motor goes on only after the leaf passes our check. We test hinges against their 500 to more than 1,500 lbs rating, and an older opener with no working eyes, like the one off US 79 that struck a child's bike, is replaced in full.
Round Rock's Fire Marshal published Emergency Access Controlled Gate Systems Guidelines in July 2023, and that guideline is the rule for fire-lane gates, not for every house. On a house in Round Rock we ask your fire authority what applies. The Leander fire department requires a Knox Key Switch KS-2 for automatic gates, and we wire it to the operator board before handover.
We set the operator on a post in 3,000 to 4,000 PSI concrete, wire the monitored eyes and edge sensors, and run the reversal test at every point of travel, so the typically 4 to 8 hour retrofit in Georgetown leaves the gate working the same day.
Frames run 14-gauge tube for standard leaves, 11-gauge to 3/16 in where a long or tall leaf has to hold its line, and posts are set 24 to 36 in deep and 10 to 12 in wide, checked against the soil found on site, since Williamson County crosses the Balcones Escarpment from blackland to limey loam. See the frames on our steel gate installation page or the fabrication work on our custom driveway gates page.
Every retrofit is covered by our 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation. The arm itself falls to its maker, whose parts coverage on motors and control electronics typically runs 1 to 5 years by model; aluminum fence panels get the maker's limited lifetime coverage on structure and finish.
We fit operators across the Capital Area, with most retrofit work in Cedar Park, Georgetown and Leander, plus Lakeway and the other cities on our service area page. West Lake Hills sits inside the 35 miles we cover from the shop.
Owners pair a retrofit with automatic driveway gates for a full new system, solar gate operators for a gate with no power, or gate opener repair when the old unit might be saved.
Expect an estimated $1,800 to $3,800 per operator system on a gate you keep, or an estimated $2,500 to $5,000 if a Round Rock single swing has to come new with its operator.
Yes, once the leaf and hinges pass our check, and Kendra's 12 ft swing pair off US 79 took an estimated 4 to 8 hours.
We fit monitored photo eyes and edge sensors on every install, and we test each one at handover.
It depends on the fire authority, so a Leander gate gets the KS-2 the fire department requires, and a Round Rock fire-lane gate follows the July 2023 guideline.
Ball-bearing hinge pairs rated from 500 to more than 1,500 lbs carry a heavy leaf, and a 24V DC brushless arm is sized to its weight.
Most single swing gates with an operator take an estimated 1 to 2 days on site, and a dual swing estate gate needs an estimated 2 to 3 days on site.
Request a free estimate, and we will test the leaf, check the hinges and write an itemized quote.
How a job runs
We read the grade, the soil and the swing or slide path before a line is drawn.
You sign off on a scaled drawing, the metal, the finish and the operator before any steel is cut.
Our welders fabricate the gate, then it goes out for its coating before it comes to your property.
We set the posts, hang the leaf, wire the operator and run every photo eye and safety edge in front of you.
Services
Phone the shop or use the form to set a time for a site measure and a written estimate.
Calls only, we do not receive text messages.
